This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Food: Grillin' on the Bay returns to Brooklyn with choice meats prepared by top chefs and backyard barbecuers alike, March 27 at St. Mark School.

Art: Let the music industry have South By Southwest and the CMJ festival. Brooklyn has its own DIY Music Festival for Brooklynites by Brooklynites, March 24 to March 27 at Bushwick Music Studios.

Music: Apollo Sunshine heats things up at Southpaw March 25, while Australia's The Grates bring their punk-pop to Brooklyn Bowl March 27.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats spends an afternoon in the boutiques of Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, while the Klutz saves some dough with a homemade salad and the Reporter's Table relies on a favorite - shrimp - with an Italian-inspired zucchini dish.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Opera: BAM's inaugural opera festival brings Purcell's "The Fairy Queen" in all its glory to Brooklyn, among other highlights.

Meat: The Brooklyn Beefsteak is back at the Bell House.

Music: While SXSW may be all the way in Austin, there are still ways to experience the festival here in Brooklyn.

Food: Eat out at Dine in Brooklyn, the borough's own restaurant week, or cook at home thanks to Daisy Martinez, who recently published her second cookbook, "Daisy: Morning, Noon and Night."

Columns: Pumps & Pleats finds the trendiest boutiques on Kings Highway, while the Klutz makes a grown-up breakfast (no more OJ and Cheerio's) and the Reporter's Table makes a crispy, succulent chicken thanks to a secret ingredient.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Dogs!: The Brooklyn Lyceum in Park Slope is going to the hounds with its inaugural Brooklyn Mutt Show.

St. Patrick's Day: We take a look at what's going down in Brooklyn on the big day.

Theater: The Bushwick Starr is bringing you Tennessee Williams like you've never seen him before.

Music/Gadgetry: Handmade Music nights move to Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO.

Food: A preview of the annual Dine in Brooklyn restaurant extravaganza.

Art: SITE Fest takes over Bushwick once again.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats explores fabulous Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, while the Klutz tries her hand at making her own yogurt and the Reporter's Table experiments with pasta to some tasty results.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Theater: A look at "Shoot 2 Win," an all-female ensemble piece coming to the Kumble Theater.

Music: Warm up at the Brooklyn Winter Hoedown at Superfine, featuring string bands of all stripes, or during any of Soulive's 10 shows during their two-week Brooklyn Bowl residency.

Games: The inaugural Brooklyn Chess Tournament comes to the Brooklyn Lyceum. Game on!

Columns: Pumps & Pleats gets a preview of Benefit's new makeup line, while the Klutz relies on the standard potatoes and eggs for a cheap fix and the Reporter's Table tries out her first cake mix - ever! - with help from the new book, "The Cake Mix Doctor Returns!"

Books: We check in with Brooklyn Heights author Peter Hedges on his latest, a nabe-inspired tome called "The Heights."

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Music: Lowry battle boredom with a residency at Spike Hill Thursdays this month and next. The OMNI Ensemble have been pretty successful at that, as they continue to mix classical with electronic improvisation.

Readings: For music and books, catch Rick Moody and Wesley Stace at the Greenlight bookstore February 25.

Cooking: We check in with Jyl Ferris, who's taking the Internet by storm with her how-to show for singles, “Cooking for Bachelors,” which just began its second season at www.cookingforbachelors.tv.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats checks out iconic French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier's collection at Target, while the Klutz warms up with a beef stew and The Reporter's Table puts the culinary bits and pieces she's accumulated to good use with her pasta chick-a-deux.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Cover girl: One of our team becomes a pin-up for a day, thanks to Greenpoint photographer Burke Heffner.

Books: Cathy Erway's blog-to-book, "The Art of Eating In," comes out February 18. Celebrate by going out to the Bell House.

Food: For Irish hospitality, head to Kevin Ryan’s. Or, if you're in the mood for Greek fare, head to Athena Express' new Bay Ridge location.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats gets ready for spring at Carroll Garden boutique Epaulet, while the Klutz channels Cupid with some cupcakes and the Reporter's Table heads south for some Mexi-Shrimp.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Valentine's Day: Our tips on where to wine and dine in Brooklyn, as well as some non-traditional happenings (murder ballads, anyone?).

Theater: Get acquainted with "New Hope City," a new play from Bushwick band Pass Kontrol, on stage at the Bushwick Starr.

Food: We check out The Spot, a Prospect Heights bistro that always, well, hits the spot.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats finds chic makeup on a bargain hunter’s budget, while the Klutz braves guacamole and the Reporter's Table picks up Giuliano Hazan's "Thirty Minute Pasta" tests out his Tagliatelle with a Quick and Simple Meat Sauce.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Music: Passion Pit is slated to perform as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn festival this summer. But don't delay, tickets go on sale this week. Closer on the horizon, Bangstrum plays Southpaw February 6, and is comprised of friends who played in high school, lost touch, and, over 30 years later, have reunited. It's every wife's worst nightmare.

Art: MoCADA takes on a weighty issue in their latest exhibition, "The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks,” opening February 4.

Cooking: The fourth annual Manischewitz Cook-Off is coming, and Brooklynites are urged to sign up by January 31.

Theater: Brooklyn's got a speakeasy on its hands, when the latest from aerial troupe Suspended Cirque comes to Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO February 5-6.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats hangs with the Etsy crew, while the Reporter's Table experiments with Tabbouleh and the Klutz and “Worst Cooks in America” contestant Rachel Coleman make a mess of the Food Network's kitchen.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Music: The Antlers have had quite the year, on the road for most of it, but always returning home to Brooklyn. They play BAM as part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn festival February 5. Another band with a good 2009 was Here We Go Magic. They play Music Hall of Williamsburg January 29 in advance of their sophomore release. For less original fare, read about the Tribute Wars at Brooklyn Bowl that same night, with a Michael Jackson all-metal tribute band among the offerings.

Art: Jef Aerosol paints the walls in Eastern District's All Shook Up exhibition, opening January 29.

Magic: The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture hosts a night of magic January 29, offering fun for the whole family.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats is back in Target for their Converse collection, while the Klutz, inspired by the Chicken Vera Cruz at MishMash Gourmet, a cozy eatery on Kings Highway, makes her own panini on the go, and The Reporter's Table grabs some pasta, canned tomatoes and fresh vegetables for a quick veggie pasta.

Food: We eat at Sheepshead Bay's Anatolian Gyro, a Turkish delight in Brooklyn.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Music: The family that plays together stays together, at least that seems to be the case with the Trachtenburgs, "informational artists" who play the Knitting Factory January 21, with youngest member Rachel's girl band Supercute! also on the bill. For a round-robin of singer-songwriters, try out the Brooklyn Songwriters Exchange, which kicks off the new year January 18 at Union Hall.

Dance: Williamsburg-based dance company STREB reach Olympic heights as they travel to Vancouver for the Winter Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.

Art: Musicians, poets, dancers, and other youth performers from New York’s most talented borough converge on IS 291 January 22 for the series “Real Bushwick/ Bushwick Real?” which promises something for everyone. On January 22,

Books: Laugh out loud at the Fort Greene bookstore Greenlight this month, as it kicks off its comedy reading series Steamboat January 21. At home, we test Food Network sensation Alton Brown's "Good Eats: The Early Years" and his All-Pantry Tomato Sauce.

Food: We take a look at Park Slope gem El Pollo, which serves up Peruvian fare at the cozy spot.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats previews the latest designer line at Target, this one from Rodarte, while the Klutz goes Medieval with tomato soup, and The Reporter's Table sautés and roasts seasonal vegetables.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Music: The Brooklyn County Fair, December 16 at Jalopy in Red Hook, rounds up some of the city's best country acts, from cowpunk to bluegrass.

Food: Bobby Flay may have met his match on Court Street, as he takes on Fish Tales Gourmet Seafood Market owner John Addis in a thrown for his Food Network TV show.

Film: Park Slope is the site of apostles and break ups in two films: "The Apostles of Park Slope" by Jason Cusato and "Alone" by Daniel Johnson.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats has your post-holiday shopping at the Kings Plaza Mall, while the Kitchen Klutz makes Granny's cake for her birthday, and The Reporter's Table is enthusiastic over something that doesn't garner as much excitement - beets.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

The New Year: A look at what's to come in Brooklyn in 2010: on stage, on the big screen and on the street.

Music: Diverse acts come to Brooklyn next month, from pop punk pioners All at the Music Hall of Williamsburg Jan. 9, to the Aslyum Street Spankers at the Bell House that same night.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats finds some deals and steals in the Fulton Mall, while the Kitchen Klutz makes a super sweet steak, and the Reporter's Table makes a loving nod to her mom with her homemade mac & cheese.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

New Year's Eve: Our guide tells you where to wine, dine and party this New Year's Eve, from Williamsburg to Bay Ridge, plus where you can drag your tired self to the next day for some comfort food.

Food: We take in Goodfella's, a Bay Ridge staple, for good reason.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats heads to Ace Luggage, which helps you fly in style, while the Klutz tries her mom's lasagna, and The Reporter's Table breaks out a favorite: pasta primavera.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Open Mic: Brooklyn’s deaf community has united thanks to a series of open mic nights at Circles Cantina.

Film: Park Slope filmmaker Vanessa Gould goes "Between the Fold" with her new documentary, which looks at origami and the intriguing nexus where art and science intersect on paper.

Music: Brooklyn Afrobeat group Antibalas is tearing up stages big and small, in their current gig in "Fela!" on Broadway as well as a December residency at the Knitting Factory.

Books: Go inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard through John Bartelstone's new photography book, published by powerHouse Books.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats checks out It’s All About Me Now, a new women’s apparel and accessories boutique just steps from Marine Park that offers affordable designer denim that looks like a million bucks, while the Kitchen Klutz is crazy for cookies and the Reporter's Table works the grill with her grilled salsa, which also functions as a sophisticated salad.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Festivals: The Blip Festival returns to the Gowanus, with a four-day run beginning December 17 at the Bell House.

Music: The Honey Brothers make it a family affair, with a show December 18 at Brooklyn Bowl.

Aerial Art: Suspended Cirque bring the holidays to new heights with their new show, "The 12 Acts of Christmas," December 19 and 20 at Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO.

Columns: Our columnists get into the holiday spirit, as Pumps & Pleats checks out fun finds at Fred Flare, and the kitchen is brimming with cookies, from serinas on the Reporter's Table and to the chocolate chip variety, which have the Klutz channeling her inner cookie monster.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Holidays: We bring you the best of the holiday sights and shopping this season in Brooklyn, as well as some DIY workshops and events. Cookies, anyone?

Festival of Lights: From dreidel tourneys to a Sephardic Music Festival, Hanukkah is fun in Brooklyn.

Music: Rock out with the Park Slope Rock School, Gowanus Music Club and Brooklyn Kids Rock, three local "schools of rock" that will have kids channeling their inner rock star on stage this month. At Southpaw December 12 and the Bell House December 20.

Film: The Zero Film Festival lands in Brooklyn this music, with five days of screenings from December 9-13 around the borough.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats checks into Bump, a Park Slope boutique that's helping moms-to-be stay stylish while their bellies expand, while the Klutz indulges in her guilty pleasure: fried onions.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Theater: With its New York Clown Theater Festival, the Brick Theater has become the destination for clown theater each fall. Now, it with its upcoming Fight Fest, December 4-20, the Williamsburg theater looks to do the same for another obscure performance genre: stage combat. Other stage antics in the neighborhood include The Montessori Circus Show, an avant-garde piece featuring aerialists, hula hooping, puppetry, wood chopping, baking, and some clowning thrown in for good measure, running December 3-5 and December 10-12 at the Bushwick Starr.

Dining: Park Slope's Vue Restaurant, found atop the Hotel LeBleu, has a very popular bar and lounge a flight above its neo-modern Miami-esque dining room. We take a look at the restaurant below and its innovative and very atypical bill of fare.

Music: All you need is love, and a ukulele, at the Second Annual Beatles Complete on Ukulele Festival December 5 at Brooklyn Bowl.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats checks out the "modern vintage" of Park Slope's Eponymy, while the Kitchen Klutz has a Klutzy Thanksgiving with Pecan stuffing and the Reporter's Table takes a nod to the season with a fall vegetable saute.

Books: Fort Greene-based writer Abby Sher celebrates the release of her new memoir, "Amen, Amen, Amen" with an event at Union Hall Nov. 30. A comedic performer, expect some laughs as well.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Contest: Latkas lovers wanted. The Chabad of Mineola, which belongs to the worldwide Chabad, headquartered here in Crown Heights, is calling for contestants to participate in its first International Kosher Latke Eating Contest, to be featured during its 17th annual live Chanukah Telethon on Dec. 13.

Theater: Noël Coward’s “Brief Encounter” makes its New York premiere in Brooklyn next month, beginning its five-week run at St. Ann's Warehouse in DUMBO Dec. 2, with an official opening and party on December 6.

Food: For a pairing of good food and fine wines, head to Park Slope's Bussaco Restaurant/Bar.

Film: “Before We Get to Seattle,” may be about a cross country road trip to Seattle, by way of New Jersey, but it was written, produced and filmed in Brooklyn by filmmaking team April Mosqus and Adam Linn.

Dance: Arelah Thompson is starting the footwork for a new dance studio in Brooklyn. Help her realize her dream through a benefit at Galapagos Art Space Nov. 29 featuring, of course, dance.

Music: Party post-Thanksgiving with Chin Chin at Southpaw Nov. 27. Also on the bill are Miss Fairchild, Brooklyn Girls Soundsystem (featuring former members of Brazilian Girls), and The NotForNothins.

Columns: In the kitchen, the Klutz interns with Curioso Pizzeria in Williamsburg and the Reporter's Table warms up with squash soup (must be that time of year), while Pumps & Pleats gives some tips to the male readers with a stop in Karbon, a gentlemen’s boutique in Midwood stocked with trendy casual wear, trendy work wear and trendy club wear. Yes, trendy.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Fun and Film: Thankgiving Eve, if you find yourself with nothing to do, how about a scavenger hunt? Or a documentary film festival during the week? Or a dance party? We preview Nov. 25 goings-on in Brooklyn for those of you not heading out of town.

Music: Brooklyn indie rockers Bishop Allen make it a homecoming, ending their month-long in support of their latest, "Grrr...," with two shows in the borough - Nov. 20 at Union Hall and Nov. 21 at the Bell House.

Food: For waterfront dining, head to Il Fornetto in Sheepshead Bay, which provides Italian offerings from both land and sea.

Cook-off: The Chili Take-Down returns, heating things up at the Bell House Nov. 22.

Columns: Pumps & Pleats makes a trip to Pasarela on Kings Highway for of-the-moment fashions that won’t bust your budget, while the Kitchen Klutz Klutz tackles her mom’s classic recipe for chicken cutlets, and the Reporter's Table shares her family’s hands-down favorite party dip.

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This week in 24/Seven

Each week we'll preview what you can expect in our 24/Seven print edition, out Thursday for you southern Brooklynites and Friday for the downtown neighborhoods.

Highlights include:

Homecoming: Jay and the Americans come home November 14, playing Our Lady of Grace in Gravesend, where some Brooklynites may remember seeing them more than 45 years ago.

Theater: You may need to sit down for this show. The Brooklyn-based theater company The Civilians present "You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents' Divorce," November 12-14 at Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO.

Music: Record label Slumberland celebreates 20 years of making music with a anniversary show November 14 at The Bell House in Gowanus, with some of its Brooklyn bands like the Pains of Being Pure at Heart on board for the show. In Williamsburg, Phonograph take it easy at Spike Hill, playing music off their new album "OKNO" November 12.

Comedy: SNL writer Hannibal Buress will bring the laughs to Knitting Factory each week, as he kicks off a weekly Sunday residency November 15.

Columns: Michele gets some cool kicks at Central Sports on Kings Highway for Pumps & Pleats, while the Kitchen Klutz breaks out the panini maker for her original Ham-key panini.

Photography: Documentary photographer Damian Wampler follows Darfur refugee and Brooklyn cabbie Omer Omar in a compelling new photo series included in a School of Visual Arts exhibition called “Surface Tension,” on view now through November 14.

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